Garment rack



Feb. 14, 1967 A. SOLOMON 3,303,938

GARMENT RACK Filed Jan. 17, 1966 Archie Solonuan BY A TTORNE YS /Z /Z \J INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,303,938 GARMENT RACK Archie Solomon, 2320 Canterbury, University Heights, Ohio 44106 Fried Jan. 17, 1966, Ser. No. 521,038 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-182) This invention comprises a garment rack and more particularly a nestable garment rack.

Garment racks presently used for moving and storing goods are by their nature somewhat difficult to handle and, when empty, even more difficult to store. In storage, the racks are commonly lined up side by side or end to end, taking u considerable space. Even when the racks are nested side by side, a great deal of storage space is consumed.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a garment rack which is so designed that several racks can be nested side by side with a minimum of space consumption.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken together with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a garment rack embodying the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a diagrammatic plan view of several base portions of garment racks depicted in FIGURE 1 showing the nesting relationship; and

FIGURE 3 is another diagrammatic plan view of bases of garment racks showing alternative configuration and its effect on nesting of the garment rack bases.

Referring now to the drawing, the garment rack comprises a pair of planar end frames 11, each composed of a horizontal base bar 12, a vertical upright 13 attached to the center of the base bar 12, braces 14 and, optionally, conventional casters 15. The base bar 12, upright 13 and braces 14 are usually fabricated from metal angle or channel stock or metal pipe or tubular stock and are rigidly secured together by welding or by the use of special fittings well known in the art. Equivalent structures can be made of wood or plastic. An end frame 11 can be modified as by lengthening or shortening the braces 14 Within the plane of the end frame 11. An end frame 11 as shown can also be modified by the elimination of one brace 14 or the portion of the upright 13 which extends from the base bar 12 to the junction of upright 13 with the braces 14.

The bases 12 of end frames 11 are joined by a rail 16 rigidly secured to diagonally opposed ends of the bases 12, thereby holding the end frames 11 in essentially parallel relationship. If the end frames 11 have no bases 12 but are merely composed of pairs of braces 14, the end frames 11 are joined by the rail 16 rigidly secured to the diagonally disposed ends or feet of the braces 14. Between the apexes 17 of the end frames 11 is suspended a hanger rod 18, usually rigidly secured.

e a frames 1 t us wa te w ri rest res which, if desired, can be attached permanently or disconnectably to the rail 16 and hanger rod 18. The width of the end frames is usually slightly greater than the width of the garments to be hung on the garment rack, but this is not critical. The end frames are maintained in a parallel spaced relationship by the rail 16 and, usually, the hanger rod 18.

The rail 16 is usually straight to provide optimum nesting facilities for multiple racks, but the rail 16 need not be straight. The rail 16 can be joined to each base bar 12 at any point between the center and an extremity of the base bar 12, but to achieve the maximum nesting effect of the garment racks of this invention, it is attached to each end frame 11 at the diagonally opposed extremities of the base bars 12 or immediately adjacent thereto.

The essential features of the garment rack of this invention are that the end frames 11 are maintained essentially parallel in a vertical position and that every point on the rail 16 proceeding from the first end frame to the second end frame is closer to the second end frame. Preferably, the rail 16 is straight, as shown. When the internal area defined by the spaced apart end frames is free of any obstruction other than the elements mentioned above, the racks can be easily nested laterally one into the other. To insert one or more racks together, the racks are disposed side by side, then by manual effort, the racks are moved sideways toward one another and thereby nested or inserted together as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3.

What I claim is:

1. A garment rack comprising a pair of spaced apart, parallel, substantially vertical, opposed end frames connected at their apexes by a straight substantially horizontal hanger rod joined to the end frames at substantially right angles, and connected at their bases by a rail, said garment rack characterized in that the rail is con nected to diagonally opposed extremities of said end frames and that said rail is of such shape that any point on said rail proceeding from the first end frame to the second end frame is closer to the second end frame than any preceding point on said rail.

2. The garment rack of claim 1 in which the rail connecting the end frames is straight.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,919,439 7/1933 Little 211- 2,776,843 1/1957 Just et al 28033.99 2,911,110 11/1959 Drucker 211168 3,092,408 6/1963 Ber-man 287-113 FOREIGN PATENTS 363,829 12/1931 Great Britain.

CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner. W. LQULAN, Assistant Examiner 

1. A GARMENT RACK COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART, PARALLEL, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, OPPOSED END FRAMES CONNECTED AT THEIR APEXES BY A STRAIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL HANGER ROD JOINED TO THE END FRAMES AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES, AND CONNECTED AT THEIR BASES BY A RAIL, SAID GARMENT RACK CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE RAIL IS CONNECTED TO DIAGONALLY OPPOSED EXTREMITIES OF SAID END FRAMES AND THAT SAID RAIL IS OF SUCH SHAPE THAT ANY POINT ON SAID RAIL PROCEEDING FROM THE FIRST END FRAME TO THE SECOND END FRAME IS CLOSER TO THE SECOND END FRAME THAN ANY PRECEDING POINT ON SAID RAIL. 